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As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Couturié builds his authentic human story on the framework of nightly network news broadcasts, mostly in black and white, from the ratcheting up of America's "commitment" (when LBJ ascended to the presidency) thru the so-called Vietnamization of the war—withdrawing American troops—in the years following the Tet Offensive of 1968. Also, the director posts, on a black and white background showing aircraft in the sky, the statistics at the end of every year: (American) dead, wounded, missing. Final tally: 58,159 dead, 303,635 wounded, 2,000 missing. You watch the stats grow every year, and shake your head.Such remarkable simplicity in a cinematic creation does not happen by chance, and the love in "this labor of" shines through......For my complete review of this movie and for other movie and book reviews, please visit my site TheCoffeeCoaster.com.Brian Wright Copyright 2009

The Vietnam conflict is by far the most interesting foreign defensive occupation in my opinion and this film depicts many of the emotions felt through out the war. This film also shows through fascinating war coverage the extremely intriguing and complex issue of democracy vs. communism. It is a high recommendation for anyone looking for interesting facts, actual war footage, and an entire slew of stories told in great expression by many different actors.This film is historically appealing because of its sole coverage of the life and times of different American soldiers caught in the depth of death grips of an unseen quagmire.

I have this on video having stumbled on it late one night on British TV.Every time I watch it I get tears welling up listening to the emotion in every word written by the letter writers.The actors reading them do so in such an 'under acted' way, it gets across the true feeling of the writer.Not only can this film bring out such emotion, but I have learned more about the history of the Vietnam war from this, than from any other documentary.I would recommend this film to anyone who has watched all those 'Namm' films thinking that this is all it was. This film will change your mind.

Dear America:Letters Home From Vietnam is a compilation of the letters of certain American soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War. The film is based on a book of the same name which was commissioned by the New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission. The film includes photographs of individual soldiers some of who have died, and also includes 'home-video'-type footage of American soldiers. The film documents the experiences of American soldiers at war at the same time as it portrays the change in the publics attitude towards American involvement in the Vietnam War. The letters written by the American soldiers are read by famous actors such as Michael J. Fox, Martin Sheen and Robert DeNiro. The whole idea of the film was to show the American and Australian public what these soldiers actually faced day in-day out. The film leaves the viewer to weigh up all the evidence and to decide whether American and Australian involvement was right or wrong. In all knowledge that the given information is true. If looking for information on the Vietnam War, and need some personalized examples of soldiers then this film is a must to see. And for those who are just curious about the Vietnam War, I highly recommend seeing it.